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G.O.P. Asks Conservative Allies to Cool Rhetoric Over the Court

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and CARL HULSE
Published: July 6, 2005

WASHINGTON, July 5 - The White House and the Senate Republican leadership are pushing back against pressure from some of their conservative allies about the coming Supreme Court nomination, urging them to stop attacking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as a potential nominee and to tone down their talk of a culture war.

In a series of conference calls on Tuesday and over the last several days, Republican Senate aides encouraged conservative groups to avoid emphasizing the searing cultural issues that social conservatives see at the heart of the court fight, subjects like abortion, public support for religion and same-sex marriage, participants said.

Instead, these participants, who insisted on anonymity to avoid exclusion from future calls, said the aides - including Barbara Ledeen of the Senate Republican Conference and Eric Ueland, chief of staff to Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader - emphasized themes that had been tested in polls, including a need for a fair and dignified confirmation process.

Mr. Ueland acknowledged that he and others had been working almost since the vacancy occurred last Friday with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation to persuade conservative activists to steer clear of divisive language.

"Every contact we have with these folks is 'stay on message, stay on purpose,' " Mr. Ueland said. "The extremism of language, if there is to be any, should be demonstrably on the other side. The hysteria and the foaming at the mouth ought to come from the left."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/politics/politicsspecial1/06scotus.html?hp&ex=1120708800&en=a948e894edf57715&ei=5094&partner=homepage

OHHHHHHH, yes, they have backed us into a corner!!! Any response or reaction by a Democrat or a liberal other than complete and utter acquiesence will be seen as obstruction. YOU CAN BET ON IT!!!!

In southern speak, they have "called off the dogs" and if we don't do the same then you can bet we will have hell to pay for it. THIS is what we get for being nice! THIS is what we get for placating! THIS is what we get for compromising!

Welcome to the Third Reich and the New World Order!